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Domestic investments in land: a resource for rural development
by Robyn Stewart (ILC), Giulia Barbanente (IFAD) and Romy Sato (GDPRD)In the context of the 2018 Global Land Forum of the International Land Coalition in Bandung, the Global Donor Working Group on Land...
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Collecting data on disability through censuses and surveys
By Daniel Mont, Center for Inclusive Policy According to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities all people, regardless of disability status, have the same rights to be full member of...
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Dakar to Bandung: changes in land governance since 2015
Lorenzo Cotula, Prinicipal Researcher at IIEDThursday, 8 November 2018In many parts of the world, land relations are experiencing rapid and profound change. People who have a strong connection with the...
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Rural women and agriculture in Zimbabwe
“Challenges and opportunities in climate-resilient agriculture for gender equality and empowerment of rural women and girls”This was the theme at the half day workshop on the commemoration of the...
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More data - better governance of land tenure?
©FAO By Romy SatoIn the last five years, significant steps have been taken to put land tenure security as a priority in global policy frameworks, but also in implementation plans. A side event at...
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Investing in biodiversity for people and planet
Carrying on the tradition of the Pharaohs, who prized biodiversity, Egypt is hosting the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in...
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Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition
Senate of Spain, Madrid, 29-30 October 2018The Global Summit which was jointly organized by FAO, the Senate of Spain, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, and the Latin American...
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On Common Ground: Participatory approaches for securing communal lands
Identifying ways to secure indigenous peoples and communities' land rights in the context of IFAD supported projects has been a focus for exchanges between IFAD's Indigenous Peoples and Land Tenure...
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Today saw the official opening of the UN's Conference on Biodiversity (COP14), the Cartagena Protocol (COPMOP9) and the Nagoya Protocol (COPMOP3). In a fun-filled event which saw Egypt's President...
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Linking the gender gap to the biodiversity crisis
"IFAD is promoting best practices in cross-sectoral collaboration - strengthening gender equality in national biodiversity programming," said IFAD's Climate and Environment Specialist, Paxina...
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Mejorar la nutrición para cambiar la sociedad
Fortalecer las capacidades en el campo de la nutrición de expertos en desarrollo rural que operan en América Latina y el Caribe, fue el objetivo del taller “Fortalecimiento de Capacidades: Agricultura...
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IFAD is back full force in DRC and Congo-Brazza – Making the impossible possible
Following the lifting of the suspension of the IFAD portfolio in DRC in September 2018, IFAD has come back full force and results are already emerging.In order to strengthen the partnership between...
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Adaptation in the Mekong Delta - Save water, save livelihoods
Farmers in the villages in Thua Duc commune face challenges from a lack of water for their crops, salinity intrusion and soil erosion. These are exacerbated in the dry season, which now lasts longer...
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Adaptation in the Mekong Delta - Integrated farming models
Integrated farming is a whole farm management system which delivers more sustainable agriculture, that integrates livestock and crop production. Nguyen Van Them lives in Thanh Thoi Commune, and is one...
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Le FIDA a repris avec impact la collaboration en RDC et en République du...
A la suite de la levée de la suspension du portefeuille FIDA en RDC en septembre 2018, le FIDA a repris en grand la collaboration avec le gouvernement et avec des objectifs bien clairs et des...
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Adaptation in the Mekong Delta - From small-scale to established aquaculture...
Thanh Hoa village in Thanh Phong, Vietnam is in the midst of paddy and shrimp farms. A perfect location for Luong Thi Chung and her husband Vo Ngoc Be and their aquaculture processing business. Chung...
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Adaptation in the Mekong Delta - Equipping women farmers for climate risk
Thach Thi Hong Tuoi is a young woman farmer of Khmer ethnicity living in Kinh Xang Village, Hoa Loi Commune. The Khmer community living in the Mekong Delta is the largest minority ethnic group in Viet...
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Adaptation in the Mekong Delta: Diversifying income from fish to goats
The road to Vung Tau Village in Long Vinh Commune is a long and winding path that traverses fields, canals, and even houses and it is only accessible via foot or motorbike. Nguyen Thi Ut and her family...
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Adaptation in the Mekong Delta - Stable income with four season mango
Driving through the Than Loc Village in Thanh Phone Commune, the number of farm gardens filled with young mango trees already bearing fruit is easily observable. Trien is a mango farmer who owns 0.6...
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Adaptation in the Mekong Delta - Adapting in the face of adversity
Many communes in Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces were badly affected by salinity intrusion in 2016 and farmers lost most of their crops. Thach Thi Phuoc's household in Tan Hiep Commune, Tra Cu District...
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